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This is the third volume of a series of ten books that discuss the
collections of the Tropenmuseum and the histories and stories that
accompany them. The books elucidate the often hidden backgrounds of
a museum collection, discussing objects within their original
context, social histories and their contemporary meaning. The
emphasis lies on the history of the specific museum collection,
with its different collecting and presentation practices placed in
a particular time and place. Each volume is richly illustrated with
objects and photographs from the Tropenmuseum collection. "Africa
at the Tropenmuseum" is not meant to be a general book on art from
Africa, but rather a treatise on the formation and development of a
specific Africa collection, which started at the beginning of the
twentieth century with the fusion of the collections of the
Colonial Museum in Haarlem, and the ethnographic collection of
Artis, the Amsterdam Zoo. Many early objects were lost again,
before Africa was formally integrated in the Tropenmuseum's policy
in 1950, when the colonial phase of the museum was concluded. The
following decades saw several changing objectives, from an emphasis
on development cooperation towards an orientation on art and
culture. Collection policies followed, focusing on daily household
objects, popular art and contemporary art and design. The result is
a fragmented but vivid collection that gives access to many forms
of African art and culture as well as to the mindset of European
collectors, researchers, and museum workers. This richly
illustrated book emphasizes this historical context and the way the
objects were collected and presented to the public to this day.
Mike Moore's reflection on his time as Director-General of the
World Trade Organization is an important addition to the great
globalization debate. Moore explains how a boy, who left school at
fourteen to work in a slaughterhouse, came to head an organization
charged with bringing rules and order to the world's trading
system. Arriving at the WTO shortly before the ill-fated Seattle
meeting, Moore sought to reform the Organization, addressing the
concerns of poorer countries and engaging in open debate with the
often hostile NGOs. He is proud of the outcome of the Doha meeting
in November 2001 which secured commitment to a new round of trade
talks with a focus on development. Moore rebuts the attacks against
the WTO arguing that the WTO's promise of rules-based free trade
offers the best hope for lifting millions of the world's poorest
citizens out of poverty.
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